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05-20-2015, 08:22 AM #1
The Big Trucking Companies Want Speed Limiters on the Little Guys' Trucks
Originally Posted by Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association
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05-20-2015, 08:38 AM #2
It's called cry baby syndrome. More people have it than you think.
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05-20-2015, 09:52 AM #3
They should be limited to 70 MPH. Some truckers out there really drivr like ass holes and endanger everyone on the road. Any slower than that causes traffic problems.
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05-20-2015, 10:03 AM #4
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05-20-2015, 10:12 AM #5
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05-20-2015, 10:22 AM #6
Yes people do drive like ass holes around trucks. I have driven a 26 foot straight truck and i almost always have an enclosed trailer behind my pickup. It baffles me how some people can be such jerks to big vehicles on the road. That said, an 80,000 pound truck should not even be allowed to go 80 mph like i see some doing.
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05-20-2015, 10:24 AM #7
Driving a big vehicle and a vehicle with a large trailer has given me a respect for what truckers deal with. I almost always let a truck in if i see he wants or needs to move over. Someone needs to be courteous to them since most drivers arent.
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05-20-2015, 03:51 PM #8
Yeah, sure. Okay.
Just as long as the huge F'n Fleet companies actually properly service and maintain their trucks safely. Rolling under their trucks is a master techs nightmare. Oh and how about giving your drivers a 3 day weekend so they can actually live their lives. Weekdays are 100% work, eat, sleep. Just two days off isn't a healthy balance.
And let's get rid of Mexican and Canadian drivers first.
And before we get strict with owner operators, maybe the fleets should stop putting broken trucks on the road. Which purposely wrecks a drivers CDL license and prevents him from going onto a better trucking company. Once you get so many mechanical citations, good companies won't hire you. And then you're trapped in a piss poor slave driver company. They can work you as hard as they want to, and pay you peanuts.
Fix the bigger safety issues with the big fleets first, then chase after some BS speed limiter for the 'lil guys. Big Fleets have NO RIGHT what-so-ever telling anyone how too be safe, or what speeds they should run. The big Fleets are the worst offenders.
A friend of mine makes $65k per year driving fleet. But I think that's only $14 an hour when it's all said and done. $16 on a good day. He'd gladly take a pay cut to have Sundays off.
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05-20-2015, 04:17 PM #9
I worked on the docks for a large union carrier back in the 90s. Its sad that you see companies advertising on the trucks 46-49 cents per mile. The union guys were making that 20 years ago.
I think you can blame the broken trucks on the lack of union trucking companies out there these days. A union contract would never allow those kinds of vehicles to be driven. Its really sad the state of trucking these days with these guys being pushed 70 hours a week for not really great pay.
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05-20-2015, 04:44 PM #10
There are very few fleets where you can get even that. The really big guys like JB Hunt, Schneider, Swift, et. al., have the situation where you "earn" one day off for every week out. Yes, you read that correctly. If you stay away from home for 2 weeks, then you can get 2 days off.
But then they have a problem getting you home. So most guys are out there 3-6 weeks at a time.
I began my career 20 years ago at about half that. I think I was making $.21 to start.
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